Why would Kennesaw State, an MCLA Division II school located in Atlanta, play its first three games of the season against MCLA Division I foes Georgia Tech, Auburn and Georgia, and burn nearly a third of its schedule playing D-I teams that will prove no benefit on Selection Sunday?

Sometimes recruiting comes down to more than just the name of your own school.

Coaching at KSU, which has an enrollment of 24,000 students, Anthony Grizanti has found that playing games against his traditional SELC-II rivals doesn't always sell the soap.

"There are some kids I talk to down here in Georgia who don't even know who SCAD is," Grizanti said. "'Do you know Tennessee Wesleyan?' They're like, 'Huh?' If I say, 'Do you know Georgia Tech, Auburn, Georgia? Oh, yeah. Cool.' It's just an easier sell. Plus, for kids out of state it's an easier sell because they see those schools on TV."

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panchito_ojeda wrote:Jac Coyne posted an article about KSU flirting with MCLA Division I

Why would Kennesaw State, an MCLA Division II school located in Atlanta, play its first three games of the season against MCLA Division I foes Georgia Tech, Auburn and Georgia, and burn nearly a third of its schedule playing D-I teams that will prove no benefit on Selection Sunday?

Sometimes recruiting comes down to more than just the name of your own school.

Coaching at KSU, which has an enrollment of 24,000 students, Anthony Grizanti has found that playing games against his traditional SELC-II rivals doesn't always sell the soap.

"There are some kids I talk to down here in Georgia who don't even know who SCAD is," Grizanti said. "'Do you know Tennessee Wesleyan?' They're like, 'Huh?' If I say, 'Do you know Georgia Tech, Auburn, Georgia? Oh, yeah. Cool.' It's just an easier sell. Plus, for kids out of state it's an easier sell because they see those schools on TV."

Big school, D1 NCAA sports, fairly easy to get into compared with UGA and GT, so I don't see any reason why they can't pull good players from around the state & neighboring states. Seems logical for a school like this to go D1 if the split is not based on level of play.

KSU has a lot of pull, esp with the economy being the way it is. The main problem they have with recruiting is that a bunch of smaller NCAA teams have popped up within the state and they're getting a bunch of players.

After a year or two though, those kids get sick of paying $30k a year for college and having 7 girls on campus (which is similar to Tech, minus the cost of course ).